Improvement in portable stoves



S. THOMPSON.

I PORTABLE STOVE.

No. 17z,797 Patented Jan. 25, 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SELINA THOMPSON, OF PEOATONIOA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,797, dated January25, 1876; application filed December 14, 1875.

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Be it known that I, SELINA THOMPSON, of Pecatonica, in the county ofWinnebago and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Stoves and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

My present invention is intended as an improvement upon the LettersPatent No. 164,341, granted to me June '8, 1875; and it consists in theconstruction of an attachment to be used on top of the stove, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichthe figure represents a longitudinal section of my invention.

A represents the body of the stove, made in any suitable form, andsupported upon legs B B. In one side of the stove is a door, 0, andwithin the stove are skeleton shelves E, upon which the victuals are tobe baked or cooked. Near each end of the stove passes a vertical pipe,D, extending through the stove a suitabledistance above and below thesame. At the bottom of each pipe D is a hearth,- a, and adraft-aperture, I). above the same, closed by a slide, 61, as shown. 0is the grate for the fuel, located on a line with the bottom of thestove, or otherwise,'if desired, the fuel being put in from the top ofthe pipe.

These parts are constructed substantially in the manner shown anddescribed in my former patent above referred to, and they may be made ofany suitable metal or combination of metals.

On the upper end of each pipe D is placed an attachment consisting of afunnel-shaped pan, G, with flat top H, and a collar or pipe, I, at itslower end, to fitover the pipe D. In the top H is an ordinarystove-hole, h, in which a kettle or other cooking-utensil may be placed.When no utensil is used on this stove-hole it is covered by a lid, J.The top H is further provided with a stove-pipe collar, t, and the twostove-pipe collars t" t' are connected by a double elbow, K, in thecentQI' ofwhich is the stove-pipe L.

The stove thus constructed may be used in the house or out of doors, asdesired, and may be used for all culinary purposes. It is Very easy tohandle for camping out, for picnics, camp-meetings, or any otherpurpose.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the pipes D in the stove A, of the funnel-shapedpans G, provided with the collars I and flat tops H, having stove-holesh and collars 2', the double elbow K. and pipe L, substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

I11 testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 18th day of November, 1875.

SELINA THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

J OEL W. THOMSON, A. E. OSBORN.

